Good thing we knew what time it would happen, because at first it didn’t look like anything much. I’ve put the glasses over other glasses and squinted through the two pares of glasses to look at a small organge disk that was missing a tiny piece at the bottom right part.

I ran in and out of the house to check on the progress of the black disk that was swallowing the orange little by little.

It was getting colder and quieter and the light was getting dim and pale. As the light was disappearing, the shadows disappeared as well. The orange disk became a crescent that was getting slimmer with every second. Then the light went out. We took our glasses off and for one glorious minute stared at the dark blue disk with a pale halo around it. Somewhere in the distance a large group of people cheered like at a football game.

Then it was over and the light came back faster than it took to disappear.

It is such a luxury to have lived a day when the only and the most important thing that happened was the meeting between the moon and the sun.